Juan Sordo Madaleno (October 1916,
Mexico City
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– 12 March 1985, Idem) was a Mexican architect.
Biography
Sordo Madaleno was one of the most important Mexican architects of his era. He worked with other renowned architects, including
Luis Barragán
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,
Jose Villagran Garcia,
Augusto H. Álvarez
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Álvarez was student of José Villagrán García. He taught a ...
,
Ricardo Legorreta
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He was awarde ...
,
Francisco J. Serrano
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and
José Adolfo Wiechers
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.
Architecturally, he settled initially in the
Bauhaus
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style and influence of
Le Corbusier
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. He designed especially hotels and residential buildings.
[Ortrun Engelkraut]
''Mexikos moderne Architektur: Kunstwerke zum Bewohnen''
(German).
In 1937, he founded his architectural firm, now known as the Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos SC.
Family
On 20 June 1941 he married Magdalena Bringas Aguado. Their children are: José Juan(1942–1974), Magdalena (born 1944) and Javier (born 1956).
[Luis Ramón Carazo]
(SPanish)[Fabiola Reyes ]
''Sordo Madaleno y Asociados''
(Spanish)
Their son Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas is also an architect and heads since 1982, the architectural firm. In 1963, he earned the Hacienda "La Laja" in Tequisquiapan in the Mexican state of Querétaro, where he successfully bred bulls and the family then lived.
[Víctor Cano Sordo]
''Historia de la Hacienda de La Laja (Tequisquiapan, Qro.)''
(Spanish)
Important work
* 1951 — ''Cine Ermita'' - Mexico City
* 1954 — ''Cine París'' - Mexico City
* 1958 — ''Contigo'' Tower (formerly named ''Torre Anáhuac'') - Mexico City
* 1959 — ''Hotel El Presidente'' - Acapulco
* 1958 — ''Cabaret La Jacaranda'' del ''Hotel El Presidente'' (in collaboration with Félix Candela) - Acapulco
* 1960 — ''Merck-Sharp & Dohme Factory'' - Mexico City
* 1961 — ''María Isabel Hotel'' - Mexico City (in collaboration with José Villagrán García)
* 1961 — ''San Ignacio de Loyola Church'' - Mexico City
* 1962 — ''Cartuchos Deportivos de México'' (in collaboration with Félix Candela) - Cuernavaca
* 1964 — ''Palacio de Justicia'' - Mexico City (in collaboration with José Adolfo Wiechers)
* 1969 — ''
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'' - Mexico City
* 1969 — ''El Presidente'' ''Hotel'' - Cozumel
* 1971 — ''
Plaza Satélite
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'' - Ciudad Satélite, Naucalpan
* 1974 — ''El Presidente Hotel'' - Cancun,
* 1975 — ''Palmas 555'' - Mexico City
* 1976 — ''Centro Corporativo Bancomer'' - Mexico City
* 1977 — ''Hotel Presidente InterContinental'' - Mexico City
* 1980 — ''
Perisur
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'' - Mexico City
See also
*
Modernist architecture in Mexico
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References
External links
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Praella.com: Bilder der Werke von ''Juan Sordo Madaleno''
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Modernist architects from Mexico
International style architects
1916 births
1985 deaths
Architects from Mexico City
Sordo Madaleno
20th-century Mexican architects